Twelve Days

"John Wells has only twelve days to stop the United States from being tricked into invading Iran in the new cutting-edge novel of modern suspense from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Twelve days. Wells, with his former CIA bosses Ellis Shafer and Vinnie Duto, has uncovered a staggering plot, a false-flag operation to convince the President to attack Iran. But they have no hard evidence, and no one at Langley or the White House will listen. Now the President has set a deadline for Iran to give up its nuclear program, and the mullahs in Tehran-furious and frightened-have responded with a deadly terrorist attack. Wells, Shafer, and Duto know they have only twelve days to find the proof they need. They fan out, from Switzerland to Saudi Arabia, Israel to Russia, desperately trying to tease out the clues in their possession. Meanwhile, the United States is moving soldiers and Marines to Iran's border. And Iran has mobilized its own squad of suicide bombers. And as the days tick by and the obstacles mount, they realize that everything they do may not be enough..."--Provided by publisher.

The only reason I finished this book was hoping it would get better. It didn't

athompson10
Mar 24, 2015

This one has a more frantic travelogue feel than most of the John Wells novels, and suffers because of it. He runs around the world nonstop for the entire book. It also references the previous book in the series extensively; there's enough of a summary that you're not lost, but it helps to have read "The Counterfeit Agent" recently, or remember it well, before you read this book (that prequel is much more tightly plotted and written).